Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

This seems to be able to go on for quite a while, until Aral'hrah breaks the silence.
"Well... how about we start with how we get inside the stronghold in the first place?"

"Special draconians who have been gifted with the imbued energies of the Void. Rineth would be an example."

 

"We could sneak in, and open the gates. Or I could get someone to break them down."

"Oh, how many are voidwalkers?"

 

"How do we sneak past a 24/7 watch?" Gau asks.

"I think about a hundred or so are left after all this mess."

 

"*ahem* One of the advantages of being underground is the ores we can extract. While some of the mining operations we've stopped brought risks to the earth, we only mine where it is either needed, or won't damage the earth." The earth guardian explains, tapping a pair of minecart rails at his feet with his sword.

 

"Your world doesn't automatically generate ores?" Xephyr asks, a bit confused.

 

"Go in. Act as a friend. Kill them, lower the gates. Of course, I'd have to do a bit more research."

"...How many were there?"

 

"I mean us, not you."

"...easily at least ten times that." Xlentia sighs, a bit distraught.

 

"About how many can you kill before you only lose a soldier?"

"Oh..."

 

"No?" The earth guardian says, confused.

 

"Depends. Are they ready, or scrambling for their arms?"

"Yeah... the... cost of all this is staggering."

"Oh, then how did you get everything you have now?" Xephyr asks, equally confused. "Like, Ruby once gifted a warrior a greataxe made with the metal of a thousand suits of armor. She's made thousands of weapons similar to that."

 

"We mined it." The earth guardian says, still confused.

 

"The humans? I don't think they'll be expecting you."

"What... happened?"

 

"How much have you mined?" Xephyr asks.
"...On second thought, maybe we should move on."

"And once the watch fails to report in, why wouldn't they be alarmed?"

"Your siege... and everything before that."

 

"I don't think they'll be ready now. Once the gates are down, I think rushing in will be a priority."

"Oh... sorry."

 

"You mean, we're going in now?!" Aral'hrah questions.
Orchid seems shocked.
"H-hey! What about us?!"

"It's... okay."

 

"We're not going in now. We're going in later than now, but if they're not ready now, why would they be ready when we go in?"
I explain.

Crystal stays silent.

 

"Well, we've arrived at our current project." The earth guardian says, opening another hidden door onto a ledge in a massive cavern. Various Earth guardians both mine away and replace walls of the cavern from various layers of ledges, some of them transporting minecarts of ore up and down.

"This is where we extract the ores of the earth, and monitor what goes on deeper underground." The Earth guardian says happily.

 

Xephyr nods.
"Looks a lot calmer than what we had over with the Terras."

"If they know you, wouldn't it be suspicious you move around between us? Kinda looks like you're trying to bring us together."

Xlentia does as well.

 

"Terras?" The Earth guardian asks, creating a rocky platform over the edge and stepping onto it. Myria steps on too.

 

I shrug.
"I think at least some of them know I'm a nomad. Talk goes around. They just know that I go, I don't think it concerns them as to where."

Crystal thinks for a bit.
"Hey Linoa, wanna go explore more portals in the portal room?"